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Soundsmith Carmen MKII Turntable Cartridge
CARMEN MKII
Our Carmen design resolves high performance at an affordable price. A dramatic deep and wide soundstage, and ultra trackability.
The Carmen MKII was created out of the desire to make a very high performance design at an affordable price... Just slightly lush with a well developed midrange, the Carmen MKIIis surprisingly pleasing and will seduce you into late listening sessions. The stylus used is a part of what makes it special; an ultralow mass cut and polished into a true Hyper-Elliptical shape. The combination of low tip mass and the Moving Iron gives the Carmen MKII a tremendous resolution advantage over MC designs selling for more than twice the price. Housed in our new ES DEMS body design, the Carmen MKII delivers.
CARMEN MK II Technical Specifications
| Stylus | Nude Elliptical, 0.120mm SQ |
| Radius of curvature | 6 x 17 μm |
| Cantilever | Aluminum Alloy |
| Recommended Tracking force | 1.3-1.6 gm |
| Effective tip mass | 0.35 mg |
| Compliance | 22 μm/mN |
| Frequency response | 20-20,000 Hz ± 2.5 dB |
| Channel Separation (stereo only) | 1000 Hz >26 dB, 50-15,000 >20 dB |
| Channel difference | <1.6 dB (Stereo), <1.0 dB (Mono) |
| Output voltage | 2.12 mV |
| Cartridge weight | 9.2 Grams |
| Loading | ≥ 47 kΩ |
| Stylus | Selected Contact Line low mass Nude Stylus |
| Radius of curvature | 6 x 17 uM |
| Cantilever | Laser Drilled Sapphire |
| Recommended Tracking force | 1.3-1.6 gm |
| Effective tip mass | 0.30 mg |
| Compliance | 22 μm/mN |
| Frequency response | 20-20,000 Hz ± 2.5 dB |
| Channel Separation (stereo only) | 1000 Hz >30 dB, 50-15,000 >20 dB |
| Channel difference | <1.0 dB (Stereo), <1.0 dB (Mono) |
| Output voltage | 2.12 mV |
| Cartridge weight | 9.2 Grams |
| Loading | ≥ 47 kΩ |
